My primary sewing machine is the Baby Lock Gloria, also called the Triumph in North America. Here’s my growing collection of tips and experiment notes for this versatile overlock and cover-stitch combo machine.
Great introductory videos
Montavilla Sewing has some great videos for getting started with the Baby Lock Gloria/Triumph. If you’re considering buying one or just got yours, I recommend checking out their Triumph Tutorial playlist first. They cover threading, serging, cover stitching, rolled hems, gathering, and more.
The videos are short, to the point, and were really helpful for me both before and after my purchase. They definitely deserve more likes, so if you find them helpful, consider giving them a thumbs up!
My tips & notes
Learning to sew with a feature-rich machine has been (and still is) an adventure. Here are my experiment notes and tips as I figured things out.
As a beginner, I wanted a starting point for:
Babylock overlocker settings for serging common & specialty fabrics
I wanted to put together a growing list of overlock and cover stitch settings that have been working great for the fabrics I’ve been serging with my new Babylock machine. I mainly put this together for myself for future reference, but I thought, why not share it? Maybe it’ll come in handy for someone else…
My experience with threads and attachments:
How to sew a t-shirt with BabyLock Gloria (Triumph)
Here’s how I used my BabyLock Gloria/Triumph overlocker and cover-stitcher sewing machine to sew a basic t-shirt – including the pattern, serger & cover-stich settings, and steps followed with attention…
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Tips for BabyLock’s Knit Binder Attachment
After three separate days of practice spread over a few months, I finally mastered Babylock’s knit binder attachments (3‑fold and 4‑fold). Here are my tips for beginners.
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Shirring using Chain Stitch on BabyLock: An experiment & alternative
I’ve always wanted to do shirring; wide waistbands look nice and are so comfy when they are made with shirring. I found BabyLock’s technique PDF about Shirring using chain stitch…
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Experimenting with BabyLock’s Double Fold Bias Binder
When I purchased my Baby Lock Gloria sewing machine, it came with a bonus 8mm Double Fold Binder. Here’s my experiment log and what I’ve learnt.
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Rolled Edge vs. Narrow Hem vs. Narrow: Baby Lock’s 3-Thread Overlock Stitches
I keep forgetting the differences, so here’s a quick photo reference of Baby Lock’s narrow overlock hems and rolled edges. In the Quick Reference Threading Guide, these stitches are referred…
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Woolly Nylon & Roll Hemming with BabyLock: Things I wish I knew
Woolly nylon makes beautiful rolled hems. But this specialty thread is so airy in itself that air threading doesn’t work. Here are tips and things I wish I knew.
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How to thread BabyLock when air-threading fails
BabyLock sewing machines with ExtraordinAir and RevolutionAir thread loopers with a push of a button, but not all specialty threads can be fed in with air. (For example, stretchy thread…
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Free & Easy Sewing Patterns
Here I share my growing list of easy sewing patterns for comfortable fitting dresses, skirts, pants, tops, hats and bags from my sewing journal.
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